KidLit & YA Editors
Kidlit and YA editors who work with trade publishers. DO NOT query/DM unless you are 100% sure it's ok. Also see my KidLit/YA Editors List: https://bsky.app/profile/debbieohi.com/lists/3kdkdxsqu4t2l (click About for user list).
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@eleereads.bsky.social
Senior editor at Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers | moonlighting as @elshenwrites.bsky.social | she/her
@elannaheda.bsky.social
editorial assistant/acquiring editor at disney hyperion | fandom (studies) enthusiast | 🏳️🌈 | opinions my own
@borahaze91.bsky.social
Senior Editor at LBYR & Requited 📚 please don’t pitch me your book here! ❤️
@skeetervm.bsky.social
Hopelessly devoted to books. Editorial Director Walker Books US/Candlewick Press
@icebird.bsky.social
🇦🇺🇺🇸Author/illustrator/editor. Antarctica 🇦🇶. Education & Outreach Coordinator/US Media Contact for SWAIS2C SWAIS2C.aq Antarctica-obsessed, ice-mad, ocean-loving, kayak-paddling bird nerd. www.IcebirdStudio.com
@twinkiethekidd.bsky.social
Samantha Swenson. Children’s book editor. Maritimer. Reader. Knitter. Pie maker. Grilled cheese enthusiast. Lazy so and so. I have dogs. She/her.
@tiffliao.bsky.social
Executive Editor @ Random House Books for Young Readers. 408 in the land of 212. It's pronounced meow with an L. Opinions are my own. She/her. Banner art by Diobelle Cerna.
@tanyatrafford.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Children’s book editor.📚 Folklore and mythology nerd.🧌 Amphibian. 🦎
@asiacitroauthor.bsky.social
Mom, teacher (M. Ed), author of the ZOEY AND SASSAFRAS SERIES + more, editor @ Innovation Press
@elawreads.bsky.social
#Kidlit and YA Lit are my vocation and I won't stop preaching. Currently Editor-at-Large at Holiday House Bks, and a freelance editor and speaker. 40 years in the biz, yowsah! https://www.elawreads.com/ I'm also a showqueen trapped in a woman's body.
@zoewalton.bsky.social
Book publisher and editor, cat person, design admirer, clueless gardener, newly Canberran
@nicolasantilli.bsky.social
Senior Editor (Kids/YA). Words, anime, manga, graphic novels, #LoveOzYA 🌈🏳️⚧️ They/them.
@jpchanda.bsky.social
Children's Trade & Salaam Reads Publisher at Simon & Schuster. Brooklyn based Sky Farmer, Bread Baker and Hater of some renown. (*posts not sanctioned by S&S)
@caitlintutterow.bsky.social
Editor at Nancy Paulsen Books 🐧 Southern transplant 🍵 Matcha enthusiast
@pamelabobowicz.bsky.social
Children’s book editor, writer, adoptee, wandering somewhere in the city
@christianvega.bsky.social
mobile suit gundam pilot / editorial @ Storytide (HarperCollins) • books, video games, writing, etc. 🇵🇷 • opinions are my own
@kadedishmon.bsky.social
✨ he/they • 🏳️⚧️🌈 • assistant editor acquiring @ Holiday House • rep: Daniele Hunter • protect trans kids • opinions mine ✨ linktr.ee/kade_dishmon
@fspacquisitions.bsky.social
Acquiring editor for Free Spirit Publishing, an imprint of Teacher Created Materials, the leading publisher of social & emotional learning books for kids, teens, & educators. Write for us! She/her
@jamteayang.bsky.social
kidlit editor and SFF writer with a taste for scallion pancakes 🌿 views are my own, and they can be yours too for the low price of $5.99 😌
@sn0vember.bsky.social
Alien anthropologist, smoker, disorganizer, enthusiast, poet, baker, children's/YA book editor. A tough room.
@talovala.bsky.social
Assistant Editor @ Holiday House | Head Interior Designer @ Tova's House | Most Anxious Guest @ Your House she/her ~opinions are solely my own~ manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/tova-seltzer/
@ardyce.bsky.social
Senior Editor at UNSQ :: YA/NA/adult fiction :: Freelance writer sometimes :: Professional Nerd :: neurospicy :: opinions my own :: she/her 🏳️🌈
@sgtgreenbomb.bsky.social
Executive Editor (of Graphic Novels) at ABRAMS. Chronically offline. She/Her 🌈
@andrewkarre.bsky.social
Midwesterner. Children's book editor at Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. He/Him. Protect trans youth.
@kidlitkat.bsky.social
executive editor of ya, mg and picture books at knopf bfyr, writer of songs and picture books (POWER TOOL ALPHABET coming in 2025), appreciator of odd curiosities
@syntactics.bsky.social
Editor at Disney-Hyperion▫️ House Stark; more of an Arya than a Tony ▫️ Opinions my own; pic @JarrettWilliams's ▫️ they/them https://rachelstark7.wixsite.com/home/books-i-ve-edited
@marthamihalick.bsky.social
Children's/YA books editrix, Greenwillow Books, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Opinions my own. she/her
@vivianlee.bsky.social
Senior editor at Little, Brown Not a girl, not yet a dad Instagram: vleebooks vivianwmlee.com
@featherfully.bsky.social
editor & maker of good trouble at Atheneum (Simon & Schuster) • california coastal creature • still workin’ on it 🌱🌈✨ https://featherflores.com/ she/her • kitty art by Carrie Liao 🐾 🩷💜💙
@kristiechoi.bsky.social
Editor @ Atheneum (S&S) | 🌈 bi/pan genderfluid (she/they); neurospicy; 최민지, Korean-Am; plant witch meets punky morbid grandma/cat daddy; opinions my own. manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/kristie-choi
@daniellecollins.bsky.social
Hi I’m Danielle and I get overly invested in fictional things for fun and for a living //Associate Editor @ S&S Children’s // (she/her) 🏳️🌈
@alvinaling.bsky.social
Children's book editor living in Brooklyn. Books, cats, food, travel, running, stuff. Check out my podcast with Grace Lin, Book Friends Forever!
@jenarena.bsky.social
Kids book author and kids book editor Check out some of my books! Acorn Was a Little Wild (S&S), Besos for Baby (Little Brown), GIVE (Knopf), Marta! Big and Small (Roaring Brook) agent: Stephanie Fretwell-Hill, Red Fox jenarenabooks.com
@thejumbles.bsky.social
Senior Editor at S&S Atheneum by day, purveyor of dad jokes by night, eternal sea hag. My tweets are my own. she/her 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Avatar by the wonderful Tanya J. Scott http://bit.ly/juliambooks
@carolhinz.bsky.social
Children's book editor, knitter, baker, erstwhile ballerina. Wrangler of two no longer small children. (she/her)
@alexborbolla.bsky.social
Senior Editor at Bloomsbury | My dog’s biggest fan | 🇨🇺🇺🇸 | she/her www.editoralexborbolla.com
@batgirleditor.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief of Labyrinth Road imprint at Random House Children’s Books. Publishing books that help kids escape where they are while feeling seen for who they are. Obsessed with Batman and gluten-free muffins.
@alexace.bsky.social
mexico city girl in bkln. likes the 🍷 not the 🏷. lets other pens dwell on guilt&misery. editor at Holiday House, writer by night. opinions my own.
@jamieevans.bsky.social
Associate managing editor at Peachtree Publishing & Holiday House. Olympian multitasker. STL ➡️ ATL. Writer of #kidlit. MFA. She/her. Rep’d by Esty Loveing-Downes at ArtHouse Literary Agency.
@andidiehn.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. Safe person. Loves queer lit, little free libraries, running. Also loves dogs, cats, ducks. Knits blobby shawls. Author of 20ish #kidlit books, editor/marketer at Nomad Press. Here to help.
@amyarielfitz.bsky.social
Editorial Director for Carolrhoda Books/Lab at Lerner Publishing Group. Scribbler, scone enthusiast, history nerd, owner of multiple unmatched mittens. Opinions my own. She/her.
@meggaertner.com
Managing #kidlit Editor @fluxbooks.bsky.social + @jollyfishpress.bsky.social. YA/Adult sff writer. Shortlisted for the Page Turner Writing Award + Oxford/Pushkin Children's Books Fantasy Prize. CHASING STARS (hi-lo MG) out now! she/her.
@tiffanydiahann.bsky.social
Editor - St. Martin's Press (Adult), Wednesday Books (YA) & Saturday Books (NA) • Foodie • Tattoo + Tea Addict • she/her • Opinions are my own YYZ》MIA》PDX》NYC》AVL MSWL: https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/tiffany-shelton/
@amandameadows.bsky.social
Editor of adult comics, humor, and more at Andrews McMeel Publishing: @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social She/her. podcaster, zine collector, plant person, seat saver. 📚🖤🏳️🌈🇲🇦🍉 linktr.ee/meadowsamanda
@michelerwells.bsky.social
#Editor | Author | Producer | Content Strategist. #Literacy advocate. Former CCO Tapas, VP #warnerbros, #dccomics, Exec Editor #disney, #penguinrandomhouse. #hiking #books #keto #lowcarb
@roseannefrank.bsky.social
#PB Writer | O’WIN & the MOON (2025) | ALICE IN THE PALACE | Social Media Guru #SCBWILongIsland | #PBParty| #kidlit Workshops | Insta: @writingoutloud X: @writingoutloud2 | Just Be Kind! linktr.ee/rbfrank NYC Brooklyn born
@jonahnewmancomics.bsky.social
Cartoonist, editor at Graphix / Scholastic, and Oxford comma enthusiast. Author-illustrator of the YA graphic novel 🏳️🌈 OUT OF LEFT FIELD ⚾️ (Andrews McMeel, 2024) https://www.jonahnewmancomics.com/
@stacylwhitman.bsky.social
Owner of @curiouscatbookshop.bsky.social, founder and editor-at-large of Tu Books, editor, cat person, K-dramas, and more. Opinions my own. curiouscatbookshop.com
@naomijkrueger.bsky.social
Writer and editor based in the Twin Cities, MN www.naomikrueger.com
@laminda.bsky.social
Science writer/editor at Scholastic, previously Live Science & the American Museum of Natural History. WGAE member. She/her. And I wrote a book! Rise of the Zombie Bugs: https://press.jhu.edu/books/title/53677/rise-zombie-bugs
@cherylklein.bsky.social
I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; little-boy mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
@dezinpub.bsky.social
Editor Extraordinaire | PW Star Watch Finalist | Writer | ✏️STEPPING UP | She/Her | Opinions are mine | Demi-Bi Afro🇩🇴 | #LatinxInPub | Rep’d: Britt Siess | kiaravaldez.com
@debbieohi.com
Writes & illustrates books. 🇨🇦 #CanKidLit. Comics, board games, poetry. Illus in books by Judy Blume, Michael Ian Black, others. I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS. Alt-text fan. #Uplift https://debbieohi.com/ What I'm working on: @work.debbieohi.com